Wednesday, February 3, 2016

There are two reasons to restrain a dog when it is riding inside a car or other vehicle. One is that the dogs movement (normally or during an accident) could be distracting or harmful for people, the other is that during a sudden stop or accident the dog could be injuried by falling or flying around inside the cab.

One thing to realise, however, is that the current products being sold as "dog seat belts" are not subject to any real performance testing, and when tested many show catastrophic failures. That is to say, they break when subjected to a sudden force. Most manufacturers report that their products pass some kind of "crash test", but these are whatever the maunfacturer deemed sufficient, not an independent test against empirical standards.